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Song title:      Killer Queen
Original Album:	 Sheer Heart Attack

Words and Music by Freddie Mercury
Copyright © 1974 Trident Records
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 3. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:

N.C.
She keeps...


VERSE1:
Chords:
Am       x02210              C7/Bb  6x555x
G7/B     x20001 or x2303x    Fm     133111 or xx656x
C        x32010 or x3555x    F/G    3x3210
Cmaj7/B  7x555x              G7     320001


Am              G7/B
Moët et Chandon in   her pretty  cabinet.

Am                             G7/B            C
"Let them eat cake", she says, just like  Mary Antoinette.

  C        Cmaj7/B                   C7/Bb
A built-in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy,

    Fm           C               F/G     G7
And any time, an invitation, you can't decline.



PRE-CHORUS1:
Chords:
E7  020130    B7  x21202 or x2120x
Am  x02210    Em  022000 or xx545x
G   320033    D   xx0232 or x5777x
C   x32010


| E7         Am        | G              C
  Caviar and cigarettes, well-versed in etiquette.  Ex-

   | B7               Em           D  |
Ex - tr'ordin-ar-i-ly nice.  She's a...



CHORUS1:
Chords:
G    320033 or 355433    E7    020130    G   xx5433    G/D  xx0003
Bm   x24432 or 799777    D/F#  2x023x    F#  xx4322    C/E  032010
Em   022000 or x79987    E7/G# xxx130    E   022100    G/B  x20033
F#7  242322              A     x02220    D   xx0232    G6   3x0000


| G       Bm       | Em         Bm
  Killer  Quee__een, gunpowder, gelatine,

| Em               F#7   Bm   | E7     D/F#     E7/G#     A
  Dynamite  with a laser beam   guaran-teed to  blow your mind

| G               | F#              Bm
  Anytime!  Ooh.__  Recommend - ed  at the price,

 | E           A         | G
 insatiable in appetite;     Wanna try?_____________



[play: 4/4| D  G/D  C/E | (C/E) G/B G6 | D  G/D  C/E |]



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Am       x02210              C7/Bb  6x555x
G7/B     x20001 or x2303x    Fm     133111 or xx656x
C        x32010 or x3555x    F/G    3x3210
Cmaj7/B  7x555x              G7     320001


   | Am                    | G7/B
To a-void complications, she never kept the same address.

| Am                   | G7/B              C
    In conversation, she spoke just like a baroness.

| C                         | C7/Bb          F
  Met a man from China, went  down to Geisha Minah,

    | Fm        C/G               | F/G        G7
Then again, incidentally, if you're that way inclined.

           | E7             F#m
Perfume came naturally from Paris, (naturally),

  |                                | B7             Em          D |
For cars, she couldn't care less; fastidious and precise. She's a...



CHORUS2:
Play as for CHORUS1.

Chords:
G    xx5433              E7    020130
Bm   x24432 or 799777    E7/G# xxx130
Em   022000 or x79987    A     x02220
F#7  242322              G     xx5433


| G      Bm     Em         Bm
  Killer Queen, gunpowder, gelatine,

| Em              F#7   Bm
  Dynamite with a laser beam.

| E7            E7/G#     A   | G
  Guaranteed to blow your mind; anytime.


[Guitar SOLO]


VERSE3:
Chords:
E  022100    B  x2444x
Am x02210    E5 022xxx
G  xx543x    D5 xx023x
C  xx555x    Gm 355333


        | E             Am        | E            Am
Drop of a hat, she's as willing as, playful as a pussycat.

   | G           C            | G           C
Then momentarily out of action, temporarily out of gas;

 | B          E5    D5  | G    D5
To absolutely drive you   wild


| Gm      D5
    She's all out to get you! She's a...



CHORUS3:
Notes:
Play as for previous choruses.

Chords:
G    320033 or 355433    E7    020130    G   xx5433    G/D  xx0003    G5 355xxx
Bm   x24432 or 799777    D/F#  2x023x    F#  xx4322    C/E  032010    A5 577xxx
Em   022000 or x79987    E7/G# xxx130    E   022100    G/B  x20033
F#7  242322              A     x02220    D   xx0232    G6   3x0000


| G      Bm         | Em         Bm
  Killer Quee__een,   gunpowder, gelatine,

| Em              F#7   Bm
  Dynamite with a laser beam.

| E7    D/F#    E7/G#     A   | G
  Guaranteed to blow your mind; anytime, ooh...


| F#          Bm             | E7          A
  Recommended at the price, in-satiable in appetite;

| A5  G5             
          Wanna try?



[play: 4/4| D  G/D  C/E | (C/D) G/B G6 | D  G/D  C/E |]



OUTRO:
Chords:
C7  x32310
D   xx0232
G   3x0003


[play: 4/4| C7 | % | % | % |]

[play: 4/4| D  G  C7 | D  G  C7 |]  [repeat to fade]